Monday, May 2, 2011

Rosie's Garden. April 30.

Welcome to my garden.
The pink is a primrose, oenothera speciosa,
and is also known as evening primrose.
As the name implies,
most of the species open its blooms at night,
closing them in the morning.
Mine open in the morning and stay open all day.
They also spread, forming extensive colonies.
There are also three Gerbera daisies in there.
You can easily see the bright orange at the bottom.
There's a pink one to the right
and a yellow one partially hidden on the left.
Wiki says that the Gerbera is an annual,
but mine are perennials.
I also read that Gerbera daisies
are the fifth most used cut flower in the world.
Care to guess which four flowers beat out the Gerbera?
Answer at end of post.*
The red in the background is a rose that Maxine
gave me many many years ago.
It has thrived here.

My foxglove, or digitalis,
is also a perennial here and it self-seeds voraciously.

OK, Mar, of Foodies Untie blogdom,
my friend and Master Gardener,
I'll take some better pictures of this one
and send them to you for identification.

My herb garden.
The three mounds on the left are German, English,
and Variagated Lemon Thymes.
There's a basil plant next.
Sage in bloom.
Oreganos.
Rosemaries.
Fennel
Sorrel.
Some parsley and cilantro.
There're also a rose and two blueberry bushes in there
and my pink-flowering tamarix.

* Which four flowers beat out the Gerbera daisy for most popular cut flowers?
Rose
Carnation
Chrysanthemum
Tulip

If it would ever stop raining, I might send some photos from my garden. I am proud of myself, as I have managed to grow Canna from seed, and have finally figured out that you have to scarify Turk's cap seed. The second year banana should be interesting, it's already doing 4 to 6 inches a day and is 3 feet tall.